Tillicoultry

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Tillicoultry
View of Tillicoultry from the slopes of the Ochils
View of Tillicoultry from the slopes of the Ochils
Coordinates 56 ° 9 ′  N , 3 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 56 ° 9 ′  N , 3 ° 44 ′  W
Tillicoultry (Scotland)
Tillicoultry
Tillicoultry
Residents 5120 2011 census
administration
Post town TILLICOULTRY
ZIP code section FK13
prefix 01259
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Clackmannanshire
British Parliament Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish Parliament Clackmannanshire and Dunblane

Tillicoultry ( Scottish Gaelic Tulach Cultraidh ) is a town in the Scottish Council Area of Clackmannanshire . It is about five kilometers northeast of Alloa and 13 km east-southeast of Dunblane at the foot of the Ochil Hills and belongs to the Hillfoots Villages . The Forth flows a few kilometers, the Devon a few hundred meters south. Tillicoultry is connected to the road network by the A91 . In 2011 Alva had 5120 inhabitants.

history

Textile production was historically an important industry in Tillicoultry and contributed significantly to its development. The companies used the numerous mountain streams along the slopes of the Ochils to generate energy. Tweed , tartans and knitwear have been produced there since the 16th century . In the 1880s, there were 18 textile processing companies in Tillicoultry. Today Tillicoultry is a commuter community .

  • Quarry in Tillicoultry

  • Bridge over a ravine at Tillicoultry

  • Tillicoultry in 1945

See also

Web links

Commons : Tillicoultry  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census
  2. ^ Tillicoultry. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 6: (Pet - Zet). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, pp. 440-441.
  3. ↑ Josephine Buchanan: Scotland (= Insight Guides. ). 4th edition, updated. APA Publications, Singapore 2003, ISBN 981-234-950-2 , p. 264.
  4. ↑ a b Tillicoultry. Clackmannanshire. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .